Adaptive item generation may be the next innovation in intelligence testing. In adaptive item generation, the optimally informative item is developed anew for the examinee during the test. Reminiscent of computer versus person chess games, the computer generates the next item based on the previous pattern of the examinee's responses. Adaptive item generation requires the merger of two lines of ...

In this paper, empirical prior information about the candidate is applied in computerized adaptive testing (CAT). The main objective of CAT is to improve efficiency of test administration. In this paper, it is shown how the inclusion of background variables both in the initialization and the ability estimation is able to improve the accuracy of ability estimates. In particular, a Gibbs sampler ...

The epigenetic landscape [2] is a concept representing embryonic development. It was proposed by Conrad Hal Waddington [3] to illustrate the various developmental pathways a cell might take toward differentiation [4]. The epigenetic landscape [2] integrates the connected concepts of competence [5], induction [6], and regulative abilities of the genes [7] into a single model designed to explain ...

This paper is a component of ongoing research by a team comprising an art school lecturer, a coordinator of dyslexic students’ support, and psychologists interested in exploring correlations between drawing ability and factors such as mathematical ability, personality traits and dyslexia. It extends research by gathering and analysing data collected from art students at Swansea Metropolitan Uni...

The surprising observation that virtually the entire human genome is transcribed means we know little about the function of many emerging classes of RNAs, except their astounding diversities. Traditional RNA function prediction methods rely on sequence or alignment information, which are limited in their abilities to classify the various collections of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). To address this,...

Counseling parents in supporting their children’s learning processes is increasingly emphasized in research on parental involvement and teacher professionalization as a central task of teachers. However, to date there have been few approaches of developing theoretical or psychometric models that describe the internal structure of teachers’ counseling competence in terms of specific skills and a...

Information Visualization (InfoVis) employs interactive visuals, graphical presentation, and exploratory data analysis abilities to actualize actionable data insights that are both task and user-centred. In delivering user-centred design (UCD) in InfoVis, studies have been conducted and different but similar UCD models have been proposed. However, these studies, though consist of prototyping, d...